Unit A section 1

Question 1

Ecosystem

Answer 1

Any place or location where living and nonliving things interact.

Question 2

species

Answer 2

a group of animals, plants or other living things that share common characteristics and are able to reproduce.

Question 3

Population

Answer 3

a group of organisms of the same species that live in a particular area.

Question 4

Biotic

Answer 4

The living parts of an ecosytem

Question 5

community

Answer 5

all the populations of different species that live and interact in the same place from a community

Question 6

Symbiotic relationships (symbiosis)

Answer 6

A relationship between different species which benefits either or both species.

Question 7

commensalism

Answer 7

One species receives the benefit the other is unafected

Question 8

Mutualism

Answer 8

Both species benefit

Question 9

Parasitism

Answer 9

One species benefits while one is harmed

Question 10

Abiotic factors

Answer 10

the nonliving parts of the ecosystem

Question 11

Sustainability

Answer 11

means to use our natural resources slowly so they can be renewed faster than we use them.

Question 12

Behavioral adaptation

Answer 12

Learned characteristic

Question 13

symbiotic

Answer 13

A relationship between different species which benefits either or both species.

Question 14

Structural adaptation

Answer 14

Physical characteristic (skin, scales, feet, wings, mouth parts

Question 15

predation

Answer 15

kill and eat other animals get eaten by predators

Question 16

adaptation

Answer 16

They change or adapt to meet all their needs.